A SILK AND METAL-THREAD FRAGMENT OF THE KISWAT AL-KA`BA

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£ 315 000
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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Royaume-Uni, London
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Lot 163 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD FRAGMENT OF THE KISWAT AL-KA'BA
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD FRAGMENT OF THE KISWAT AL-KA'BA

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, AFTER 1927

The ground embroidered with gold and silver metal-thread on black silk, the silver central cartouche containing inscription in gold thuluth, the cartouche contained within a rectangular gold border with foliate corners, the weave of the black silk left exposed in parts to create a calligraphic inscription in thuluth, mounted

3ft. x 8ft. (90cm. x 241cm.)





Provenance

Private UK Collection



Inscribed

'God the Exalted said' followed by the first half of Qur'an, II, sura al-baqara, v.186
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